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caller: i have a big problem with america. america stuck karzai in there. then bin lad an was fighting russia and afghanistan for america. that's what drove him to be anti-american. >> more there from houston. dorothy on the republican line. >> my question is, it's wonderful we go over and help all of these countries with the issues they have. we obviously have the power and the financial able >> yemen presents a unique sense of challenges. there are a lot of countries like yemen around the world. places where we see central government authority slowly receding and weakening. if it is terrorism or drug smulling, the international community needs to see how to figure out more and more all of this crisis. >> our guest has been an associate with the middle east program. thank you for the update on yemen this morning. >> take another short break and we'll turn to the topic of mental health in america more of your calls. we'll be right back. >> top prize, $5,000. create a 5-8 minute video about our country's strength. it musten corporate c-span programming. ente
caller: i have a big problem with america. america stuck karzai in there. then bin lad an was fighting russia and afghanistan for america. that's what drove him to be anti-american. >> more there from houston. dorothy on the republican line. >> my question is, it's wonderful we go over and help all of these countries with the issues they have. we obviously have the power and the financial able >> yemen presents a unique sense of challenges. there are a lot of countries like...
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if use of his statement of the weekend saying again that he is attacking america because it is america that created israel. host: would you cut anything else besides that? caller: no, it is the biggest problem we have right now. host: obama to seek spending freeze to trim deficit, a three- year proposal. pentagon is among those exempt. they going to talk about all the politics in a book of the times" -- they say that the initiative holds risk as well as potential benefit because mr. obama plans to exempt military spending while leaving many popular domestic programs vulnerable. naples, fla., a republican caller. caller: he ought to start at home. his wife has more people working for her than any of the president's wife. the spinning she does i think it's horrible. he does not give it our troops to support. we need those troops. host: "the times" goes on to read that the government spending is out of control, could to been to his loss of support among independent supporters. the concern could put upward pressure on interest rates for the u.s. district heights, john, on the democratic li
if use of his statement of the weekend saying again that he is attacking america because it is america that created israel. host: would you cut anything else besides that? caller: no, it is the biggest problem we have right now. host: obama to seek spending freeze to trim deficit, a three- year proposal. pentagon is among those exempt. they going to talk about all the politics in a book of the times" -- they say that the initiative holds risk as well as potential benefit because mr. obama...
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south america, central mark. et cetera. i see no indication -- and the numbers don't show any indication -- that the u.s. is willing to spend money and time and effort to reduce its consumption, its demand for drugs. i see no reason to believe the u.s. will do so in the future any more than it has done so at any time in the past since the 1960 1960's, when drugs became part of a certain mainstream of american life. there are people who think this is a terrible situation, there are people who think it is ok like myself. there are people who think it is a great situation. well, that is their opinion. what i think is increasingly difficult to argue is that there is any consensus or willingness in american society to declare a war on drug demand or reduction or drug consumption in the united states through testing, through invasion of privacy, through clampdowns on trade, on everything. is the u.s. willing to send the army into the projects in chicago, into the projects and tenements in new york, in los angeles, into east los a
south america, central mark. et cetera. i see no indication -- and the numbers don't show any indication -- that the u.s. is willing to spend money and time and effort to reduce its consumption, its demand for drugs. i see no reason to believe the u.s. will do so in the future any more than it has done so at any time in the past since the 1960 1960's, when drugs became part of a certain mainstream of american life. there are people who think this is a terrible situation, there are people who...
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it's a cross section of america. our opportunity as a party is to open arms and well come people that want to be part of what we think is a principals leadership that takes america and helps us build infrastructure and empower people. so, i have reached out my and and said let's work together. we're fighting the same cause and fighting about the same principals of free market and free enterprise. lower taxes. a confidence marketplace and not trying cow down to those that do not have our best interest in line and with that kind of message - but then following it up with action, where we actually follow through and act on those things and make sure we control the spending in washington, that we lower it's influence in businesses in our daily lives i think we'll turn an important corner. host: is that part of a national platform for the republicans? guest: i think so. it really will come down to what individual candidates can do in their communities and how they translate the message and principals. you saw in virginia
it's a cross section of america. our opportunity as a party is to open arms and well come people that want to be part of what we think is a principals leadership that takes america and helps us build infrastructure and empower people. so, i have reached out my and and said let's work together. we're fighting the same cause and fighting about the same principals of free market and free enterprise. lower taxes. a confidence marketplace and not trying cow down to those that do not have our best...
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this administration is attacking corporate america. corporate america needs a voice. . host: what on your thoughts on labor unions being able to do the same? guest: labor unions are membership organizations. if the courts as people have to join a union and they disagree with the way they spend the money, they get the rebate and get the money back. unions had the right before this decision to create political action committees, and that was sufficient. we did not need to go ahead and said that they could take money away from the treasury fund. host: debbie on the independents' line, you are next. caller: good morning. they seem to be evading direct questions from the caller is in regard to individual rights. the corporation is not an individual. if i work for our corporation and they take funds out of the corporate money and sway public opinion on a senator or the mayor or whoever, they are not representing me. i am part of that corporation. stop evading the questions that the callers call in. quit talking about all of the semantics and get to what the people are afraid
this administration is attacking corporate america. corporate america needs a voice. . host: what on your thoughts on labor unions being able to do the same? guest: labor unions are membership organizations. if the courts as people have to join a union and they disagree with the way they spend the money, they get the rebate and get the money back. unions had the right before this decision to create political action committees, and that was sufficient. we did not need to go ahead and said that...
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as he came on out and seen how america was really feeling he came to the right. and he told everybody, he said he could be our president too, but he hasn't tried to be our president on the right. it just forced us through no matter how we felt and it's turned people off. because he told us - when he was running that he would run and help us and run in the middle but he hasn't. he turned all the way to the left. put special deals in and all those dollars in which he has no business doing. and he's down lot of stuff to harm our country stins since the day he walked. democrats shut their eyes and think e we can do what we want because we have the power. host: did you vote? who did you support. caller: obama. host: who did you vote in the election this year? guest: the guy that won. for people to get jobs back they shut their eyes to everything and said we got the power so we're going to push what we want. host: julie, what would you like to see them do? caller: well he don't have to stand up there every day and cuss the banks and talk about all the stuff that's - an
as he came on out and seen how america was really feeling he came to the right. and he told everybody, he said he could be our president too, but he hasn't tried to be our president on the right. it just forced us through no matter how we felt and it's turned people off. because he told us - when he was running that he would run and help us and run in the middle but he hasn't. he turned all the way to the left. put special deals in and all those dollars in which he has no business doing. and...
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. -- america. i'm an independent who voted for scott brown and i responded to his message pretty much of stop the madness. what i'm seeing now is really frightening me because as soon as he won, you saw the big machines starting to move into place -- the media machines, political machines. you see late night talk-show host trashing him and making fun of him, and those clips being replayed over and over. give the man a chance. i think the people of massachusetts responded to this message and as soon as his message, stop the madness, got him elected now you see people putting spin. the republican leadership trying to exploit his win, the democratic leadership reviling his win and trying to explain it away. you see all the pundits -- it letterman, olbermann, and the republican side, glenn beck, making fun of them. give him a chance, i am pleading with people. thank you so much. go, scott brown. host: "the new york times" reported that john boehner has hired a former top adviser to the house republican
. -- america. i'm an independent who voted for scott brown and i responded to his message pretty much of stop the madness. what i'm seeing now is really frightening me because as soon as he won, you saw the big machines starting to move into place -- the media machines, political machines. you see late night talk-show host trashing him and making fun of him, and those clips being replayed over and over. give the man a chance. i think the people of massachusetts responded to this message and as...
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guest: see, this is what is going on in america? . host: how many of you voted in america in the last election? guest: wow, i'm thrilled. young people are cynical about the political structure r they are all stephen colbert fans and mock politics and politicians are all a bunch of bums but i'm glad you got involved. host: to david next from springfield, massachusetts -- oh, actually brian from michigan on the democrats line. caller: thanks. i have a lot of respect for you over the years as i listen to us. we have the news media and they are right in your wheelhouse, but how can politicians actually hideaway from direct questions suchs as you're getting, news conferences, we depend on our media to ask direct questions and try to get direct answers but if the president, whether it's this president or the last president, does not come out in front of them and avail themselves to direct questions, how can we learn more about where they're going and cut through all this clutter? i don't believe this president, president obama, has had a di
guest: see, this is what is going on in america? . host: how many of you voted in america in the last election? guest: wow, i'm thrilled. young people are cynical about the political structure r they are all stephen colbert fans and mock politics and politicians are all a bunch of bums but i'm glad you got involved. host: to david next from springfield, massachusetts -- oh, actually brian from michigan on the democrats line. caller: thanks. i have a lot of respect for you over the years as i...
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we gave probably the largest single tax break in america. -- encourage home ownership. but i do not believe these banks were pressured into doing this. it was very much in their interest to the issue these high return mortgages, particularly, those institutions which felled in the back of their mind they were too big to fail and could take these high-level of risks without the chance that they would end up paying for it. at this point, the first day in one of the year-long series of hearings, i do not want to make any final conclusions. while government policy has been to encourage home ownership, and that is something that we will be looking at in february, but i think there are a lot of other factors beyond that that caused the crisis of the severity we are currently experiencing. host: jim from michigan. good morning. caller: i agree to these banks and ratings agencies are partially to blame. the previous caller mentioned the community reinvestment act. if you look at the he pollution -- evolution of that act under the bush administration, and then fannie and freddie
we gave probably the largest single tax break in america. -- encourage home ownership. but i do not believe these banks were pressured into doing this. it was very much in their interest to the issue these high return mortgages, particularly, those institutions which felled in the back of their mind they were too big to fail and could take these high-level of risks without the chance that they would end up paying for it. at this point, the first day in one of the year-long series of hearings, i...
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i mean, are we expecting them to say, hey, thanks, america? what is your understanding of their gratitude? guest: that is a good question. i served both in afghanistan and iraq, and in iraq, there is not a good feeling in general about the american occupation. in afghanistan, it is quite different. the afghan people are pleased to be free of the taliban. and be freed them from the taliban. they're pleased by that -- and we freed them from the taliban in 2001. they are pleased by that. and the taliban there is declining, well under 10% at this point. and the afghan people have been generally supportive of the united states. when i was there, i would get great welcome in almost all of the country. that level of support has declined. it is still well above 50%. it is well above 50% of the afghan people who support and appreciate what the americans and the international community are trying to do in afghanistan. it is still a supportive environment that we face there. it has taken time and there are afghans who have lost brothers, lost fathers, an
i mean, are we expecting them to say, hey, thanks, america? what is your understanding of their gratitude? guest: that is a good question. i served both in afghanistan and iraq, and in iraq, there is not a good feeling in general about the american occupation. in afghanistan, it is quite different. the afghan people are pleased to be free of the taliban. and be freed them from the taliban. they're pleased by that -- and we freed them from the taliban in 2001. they are pleased by that. and the...
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america or france or germany, whatever the country may be. and that we find that there is no correlation between a strong religious identity and a lower or a weaker national identity. the two can be strong at the same time and indeed they can even strengthen each other. host: when it comes to how much knowledge about the following religions, according to the poll, 3% said they had a great deal of fonl about islam, 34% some, and 23% said none at all. can you clarify what defines a great deal of knowledge compared to some knowledge? >> it's again self-reported. however someone would assess their own knowledge. it is interesting to note that we still find the majority of americans say that they have little to no knowledge about islam. despite the heavy media coverage and despite the growing engagement between the united states and muslim majority societies, i think this is a gap that is important to phil. host: just by comparison, 67% said they had a great deal of knowledge. detroit, michigan, up next. darren on our democrat's line. caller: i wo
america or france or germany, whatever the country may be. and that we find that there is no correlation between a strong religious identity and a lower or a weaker national identity. the two can be strong at the same time and indeed they can even strengthen each other. host: when it comes to how much knowledge about the following religions, according to the poll, 3% said they had a great deal of fonl about islam, 34% some, and 23% said none at all. can you clarify what defines a great deal of...
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the country for the past two weeks has gone to all of america's front pages. we look forward to three more in the weeks ahead. he is the foreign correspondent for "the washington post." let's turn back to the discussion about the u.s. senate. life here is another headline. they looking at a loss of senator joe biden to the vice presidency and the announcement by those will not seek reelection, and the death of senator kennedy. it is looking at the years of seniority that they brought to the senate. hess, a longtime washington fixtures said in the old days the loss of experience and seniority might have mattered more. some the use of today's senate compared to the senate of old. we would like to hear your comparisons. let's begin with a call from alexandria, va. by trolls on the republican line. caller: i loved your show. i am a big fan of the senate. i am very much in line with james madison's view that the senate is the saucer into which legislation is poured into cool. he was discussing with thomas jefferson the senate and ow legislation move rather slowly t
the country for the past two weeks has gone to all of america's front pages. we look forward to three more in the weeks ahead. he is the foreign correspondent for "the washington post." let's turn back to the discussion about the u.s. senate. life here is another headline. they looking at a loss of senator joe biden to the vice presidency and the announcement by those will not seek reelection, and the death of senator kennedy. it is looking at the years of seniority that they brought...
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america has always been there to help with any disaster anywhere in the world. commerce, okla., good morning to you. caller: good morning to you. is there any other organization i can go to to give money to the hd fund? host: we are not here to promote any organization. you can go to white house.gov with aid set up by former presidents bush and clinton. caller: i don't want to put my money and has a bill clinton because i do not trust him. i think i'll go with the free the children fund. host: seattle, good morning. caller: i am glad that our country is participating. i believe it needs to continue until the suffering stops. i do not believe we should have any sort of an administrative role. they are capable of straightening the country out. things should be recognized like security. any of us would want the same thing. at the same time, we should take advantage of the opportunity to set up the military in a robust way to give jobs to them and to let them help in the security of their nation. any american contractors should out -- should not have president. -- s
america has always been there to help with any disaster anywhere in the world. commerce, okla., good morning to you. caller: good morning to you. is there any other organization i can go to to give money to the hd fund? host: we are not here to promote any organization. you can go to white house.gov with aid set up by former presidents bush and clinton. caller: i don't want to put my money and has a bill clinton because i do not trust him. i think i'll go with the free the children fund. host:...
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all they're talking about is that the bill would not work for america. host: phillipsburg, new jersey, on the independent line. caller: i believe there should be transparency here. i watched the british parliament on tv quite a bit. they cannot seem to have any problems airing out issues in front of the tv. yes, there will necessarily be grandstanding and backdoor deals. the lobbyists in this country have way too much say. money really runs the thing. host: from "the wall street journal" -- to speed up the process president obama and top democrats agree to a formal conference committee to merge the bills in a series of private meetings between senate and house democrats. the plan to use the more moderate senate version as the vehicle for the final bill and allow the house to amend it. new iberia, on the democrats' line. caller: i generally agree with as much open government as possible. the grandstanding factor is also problematic. many things that people invited c-span to represent -- there is no fact-checking. you can see that politicfact can check, an
all they're talking about is that the bill would not work for america. host: phillipsburg, new jersey, on the independent line. caller: i believe there should be transparency here. i watched the british parliament on tv quite a bit. they cannot seem to have any problems airing out issues in front of the tv. yes, there will necessarily be grandstanding and backdoor deals. the lobbyists in this country have way too much say. money really runs the thing. host: from "the wall street...